Mare Punicum
Mare Punici is a mod set in 1444 where Carthage defeated the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War. As of the Beta 1.0, it adds 33 new tags, four new religions, several new missions and decisions, three new culture groups and several new cultures in already existing groups.
Lore:
THE FIRST REPUBLIC –
After the Siege of Rome by Hannibal in the Second Punic War, the Roman Republic officially surrendered to Carthage. The islands were re-incorporated into Carthaginian sovereignty, and the southern italian allies were also subjulgated. Rome was forced to leave the province of Gallia Cisalpina, resulting in Celtic re-settlement of the region. A few years later, the Republic would officially end in the short Third Punic War, where Carthage annexed Italy propper. Thousands of roman refugees would flee north and east, forming competing small states in Illyricum and Venetia. From here, Carthage would complete her conquest of Iberia, acquire trading entreposts across the Eastern Mediterranean and ensure the fielty of the King of Epirus.
GREECE –
With Carthaginian fleets creeping into the Aegean, the greek city-states were forced to unite under one banner to resist total punic hegemony. This union, known as the Hellenic League and started in the first century, united the eastern Mediterranean under their banner, kicking the punics out of important strongholds like Cyprus and Thessaloniki. The Hellenic League would, in fact, see the collapse of the First Republic of Carthage to numidian mercenaries states in the fourth century, and would maintain pressure in the region in the hope that the Punics would never again unite. The Hellenic League fell in the 14th century after over a thousand years due to internal collapse following the prohibitively expensive repeal Mongol and Turkic invasions
THE SOUTHERN SCHISM –
The christian religion spread through the sea, from Carthage’s trade networks. The Carthaginian Republic embraced the religion very early, and Greece did too around a hundred years after. Very soon in the faith’s history, the question of the Trinity split it apart. The Northern Antitrinitarians would, in the Council of Napalat, declare that the Trinitarian church, who believed God the Father, God the Son and the Holy spirit were separate parts of a single whole, was heretical, leading to the Punics to reject Papal authority and break off from the Catholic Church. The Great Schism still happens.
TANIT AND THE CRESCENT –
Tanit was the Caananite war goddess and protector deity of Carthage. Her symbol is still widely recognized as the symbol of the city itself, as well as its empire. How did she remaign the symbol of Carthage despite being a pagan goddess? Simple, she was christianized as Saint Tanit the Warrior, much like Ireland’s deities. Is this an excuse to keep the cool symbol despite not making much historical sense? n-no.
THE SECOND REPUBLIC –
The Second Punic Republic would rise from the Numidian occupied Carthage, rapidly expanding back into the old corners of the First Republic and beyond, conquering Gaelizia and the Phyrenees.They would however last only three hundred years before collapsing in the 12th century, leading way to Numidians once again holding Carthage. Only another two hundred years later would the Punics be united again, forming the Third Republic, the one playable in the mod.
VERCINGETORIX’s COALITION AND GALLIA –
In the 40’s BC, the First Republic attempted to conquer Gaul and were repelled by the generalship of Vercingetorix, who united the gaelic tribes under his banner and drove off the invading punics. Shortly afterwards though, this Gaelic nation would collapse back into its tribal warring states, eventually becoming a series of christian monarchies across the Two Gauls. As the Kingdom of Insubricia in The Transalpine rises to prominence and the Third Republic seeks to carve up Narbon, it is unclear if the Gauls will be able to survive without a united army.
discord: https://discord.gg/nBUzU2CC73
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
